• Douglas County-based CH2M Hill has been awarded a contract by the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department to provide optimization consulting services to streamline the city’s water and wastewater operations.

•Forever 21 will open its sixth Denver-area location on Saturday at Colorado Mills.

• Brookfield Residential has received the ‘Passive House’ certification on a home at the Midtown at Clear Creek development in Adams County, the first one in Colorado. Fewer than 60 homes in the U.S. have received the certification from the Passive House Institute U.S.

• Stamp World of Fort Collins, has been named 2013 Silver Manufacturer of the Year by Marking Industry Magazine.

• Davis Partnership Architects has joined the Advocate Firms for the Evidence-Based Design accreditation and certification program. The program from The Center for Health Design seeks to improve patient and staff well-being, patient healing, stress reduction and safety. The architectural firm was also recognized as a certified green business by the City of Denver’s Certifiably Green Denver program for its commitment to sustainability through design and activities.

• FlipTask, a Boulder-based online marketplace, has expanded to Denver and the surrounding areas. The site enables residents and businesses to list short-term tasks for community members to carry out.

• Aspen-based RMC Destination Management Co. was named by Special Events Magazine as a Top 25 DMC in the World for the second consecutive year.

A customer dining at Washington’s Oceanaire restaurant noticed an unusual line at the bottom of his receipt: “Due to the rising costs of doing business in this location, including costs associated with higher minimum wage rates, a 3% surcharge has been added to your total bill.”